1889 - 1979 90 JAHRE SCHWEIZERISCHER SCHACHVERBAND, p, mint, Crisovan & Riethmann, Schönenberg, 155p. No games but full records of events, key players, and many photos. An excellent chronology of Swiss chess. $60
BACHMANN'S SCHACHJAHRBUCHER, these volumes, some with as many as three in a single year, comprise a valuable collection of the best games as selected from Bachmann's survey of the literature in the period 1891 to 1930. Most game have light notes. Sometimes there are x-tables and sometimes summaries of the events reported. 1900, h, fair, covers worn pages sl. browned, 222p, $40. 1903, h, fair, covers worn. 2p in xerox, $40. 1905, h, fair, 122 + 59p, some pages loose, $30. 1907-II, h, fair, 208p, shaken, sl. browned pages, $40. 1907-III, h, vg, 136p, $65 1910-I, h, exc, with the entire Lasker-Schlechter match with notes, 184p, $80. 1910-II, h, exc, some marginalia, with bookplate of a famous collection, 247p, $75. 1911-I, h, exc, 218p. $75. 1913, h, exc, 351p, $90. 1914-I, h, vg, 184p, $65; 1914-I, h, exc, $75.
ENGELHARDT'S SCHACH-TASCHEN-JAHRBUCH, Germany, an excellent serieswith much information such as x-tables for the year's key events, places to play chess in Germany, some articles, names & addresses of chess federations in various countries, etc. 1964, h, exc,376p. $14. 1968, h, exc, 380p, $14. 1959, p, vg, $6
GROB'S SCHACHKALENDER 1946, H. Grob, p, vg, covers worn, 106p. $13
INTERNATIONALES SCHACH-JAHRBUCH 1948/49, Bern, 1950, photos, records, articles, 126p, p, vg, $24 MASSACHUSETTS STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION 1949, 45p, p, exc, includes some interesting material such as Weaver Adams autobiography, "Chess in Boston" by John Barry, lists of Massachusetts State Champions from 1932 to 1948, City of Boston Champions from 1934 to 1948, a number of Curdo's games,...$25
PRISMA SCHAAK BOEK 10. H. Bouwmeester, Utrecht/ Antwerpen, 160p. p, exc, $15.
SACHOVY SBORNIK 1955, L. Alster, h, exc, ELRS, 272p, Many annotated games from Czech players & event & extensive sections on chess problems & EG studies. $30
SCHAAK JAARBOEK, an excellent Dutch series which includes mainly annotated games for that year. 1970, p, exc, 164p, $14. 1972, p, exc, 159p, $12. 1973, p, exc, 159p, $14. 1975, p, exc, 125p, $14. 1976, p, vg, 166p, $11. 1979, p, exc, 123p, $16.
SCHACH BUNDESLIGA 1980-83, Eising, & Treppner, p, mint, 117p, 40 annotated games + league results, Strong players icl. Pachman, Spassky,... $16
SCHACH BUNDESLIGA 1984-88, Eising & Treppner, p, mint, 128p. Many annotated games from the league. Even Spassky played in some matches. $18
SCHACH-CHRONIK 1977-1980, Dr. W. Lauterbach, p, mint, 275p, Many annotated games with extremely strong players (Karpov, Spassky,Korchnoi,..) $26
SCHACH-CHRONIK 1981-1982, Dr. W. Lauterbach, p, mint, 251p, many annotated games by very strong players. $26
SCHACH-CHRONIK 1984, Dr. W. Lauterbach, p, mint, 115p, similar to the preceding two items. $20
SHAKHATNYI EZHEGODNIK, Moscow, 1937, Grekov & Maizelis. h, exc, 416p. Much excellent content incl. content by Alatortsev, Belawenetz, Bohatyrchuk, Botwinnik, Lasker, Kan, Panov,...X-tables and annotated games from Soviet events from 1932 to 1935, Games from the most important foreign tournaments & matches, a section on new developments in the openings, an extensive article on R &P endings by Grigoriev and and an artcle on chess problems. Scarce. $195
SVERIGES SCHACKFÖRBUNDS ÅRSBOK 1970-1971, p, exc, 48p, no games. $7. 1975, p, exc, 64p, local results, photos (one of Tal vs. Kinnmark with Karpov nearby; another Uddenfeldt vs Petrosian), $8. 1977, p, exc, 64p, results, photos (one of Tony Miles), addresses, $8
THE BATSFORD CHESS YEARBOOK 1975/76, K. O'Connell, London, 1976, p, vg, 152p. Selected annotated games, x-tables for key tourneys of the period. $10
THE BRITISH CHESS FEDERATION YEAR BOOK OF CHESS, Great Britain, another long-running series: 1936/37, p, good, covers chipped, 366p, $13. 1937/38, p, vg, 366p, $28. 1938-1945, p, vg, 243p, $28. 1946/47, p, vg, 307p, $28. 1948/49, p, vg, 295p, $20. 1955/56, p, vg, 243p, $20, 1958/59, p, vg, 288p, $20. 1959/60, p, vg, 300p, 1971/72, records of local tournaments & matches, rules, clubs, Association names & addresses, records of international matches,… 311p. $24
THE YEAR BOOK OF CHESS, E.A. Michell, Great Britain. A series which ran from 1907 to 1915/16. Each volume has brief accounts and selected games from chess events from around the world with brief notes. 1907, h, vg, $38. 1907, p, vg, $30. 1909, p, vg, outer covers lacking, $28. 1915-16, p, vg, covers worn,many good games not reported elsewhere, $32. 1915-16, h, exc, $40. 1915-16, h, vg, covers worn & lightly spotted, $36.
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